or do you have to be exposed to a virus/common cold bug?
can u catch a cold from cold weather only.........
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You'd have to come into contact with a virus or something...that much has to be true.
But a quick search on the subject implies that the cold can temporarily weaken your body's immune system and make you more likely to get sick.
Remember, we're exposed to germs and viruses all day and night, but the immune system usually fights these off pretty well. If it's temporarily hampered (and some sources say that extreme cold can do this, as well as stress and other factors) then you're more likely to be affected.
But a quick search on the subject implies that the cold can temporarily weaken your body's immune system and make you more likely to get sick.
Remember, we're exposed to germs and viruses all day and night, but the immune system usually fights these off pretty well. If it's temporarily hampered (and some sources say that extreme cold can do this, as well as stress and other factors) then you're more likely to be affected.
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its harder on the body to cope with rises and fals in temperature. This is why we tend to start to build up sicknesses in the mid to late fall. come winter, theyve really grown and multiplied, so that they make us sick, and can get spread easily.
Keep eating lots of garlic and ive found it to help quitea bit!
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Keep eating lots of garlic and ive found it to help quitea bit!
JMH
The other thing is that we tend to be more closed in with other viral carriers during the winter months.
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Originally Posted By: bigbrother8
or do you have to be exposed to a virus/common cold bug?
You can get the clap from riding a tractor.
or do you have to be exposed to a virus/common cold bug?
You can get the clap from riding a tractor.
Originally Posted By: moribundman
Originally Posted By: bigbrother8
or do you have to be exposed to a virus/common cold bug?
You can get the clap from riding a tractor.
Hey Harley, watch out, that ain't no tractor!!!
Originally Posted By: bigbrother8
or do you have to be exposed to a virus/common cold bug?
You can get the clap from riding a tractor.
Hey Harley, watch out, that ain't no tractor!!!
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
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Keep eating lots of garlic and ive found it to help quitea bit!
JMH
Eat enough garlic and people who have viruses or bacteria won't come within a mile of you. Problem solved.
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Keep eating lots of garlic and ive found it to help quitea bit!
JMH
Eat enough garlic and people who have viruses or bacteria won't come within a mile of you. Problem solved.
My wife did child care for awhile, and a regular client was a lady doctor with kids who we ended up doing things with. On one walk with both families after dinner when it was cool out whe told one of the kids to bundle up they'd catch cold, and just trying to make a bad joke I said that I believed in the germ theory of disease and that being cold didn't matter that much. Her father then stated that researchers in the Antarctic observed that it wasn't the cold that brought colds, it was the new crews. He also said that when he was in Italy in WWII they were miserable in the field, sitting in water filled foxholes in the winter, but they didn't get colds until new guys arrived.
Some people also think you can get an infection from dirt. Most dirt is inert, you get the infection from the bacteria in the dirt. plus your antibodies might be wasting time fighting an inert substance rather then fighting the bacteria.
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but they didn't get colds until new guys arrived.
My partner at work used to be under the delusion that I was the root cause of all his sniffles and whatnot. I finally asked him if he bought gas, shopped for food, had children in school w/friends that visited, ..all the usual suspects ..which he acknowledge ..and finally asked him what he did differently that had his house a sterile field while mine was teeming with cold symptom causing agents of evil intent?
That ...sorta....ended that
but they didn't get colds until new guys arrived.
My partner at work used to be under the delusion that I was the root cause of all his sniffles and whatnot. I finally asked him if he bought gas, shopped for food, had children in school w/friends that visited, ..all the usual suspects ..which he acknowledge ..and finally asked him what he did differently that had his house a sterile field while mine was teeming with cold symptom causing agents of evil intent?
That ...sorta....ended that
common vector for rhinovirus is the human finger
Big problem in winter is lack of vitamin D IMO.
Was interesting cancer research done the other year where they tested people's blood against laboratory cancer strains.
Some people's blood destroyed all strains, others couldn't. End of winter, and no-one's could.
Was interesting cancer research done the other year where they tested people's blood against laboratory cancer strains.
Some people's blood destroyed all strains, others couldn't. End of winter, and no-one's could.
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I wonder why so many coastal Californians run around in thermal underwear, with heavy, suited-for-arctic expeditions parkas, wool hats, scarves, and heavily insulated gloves and boots at a mild 50°F. I don't even wear a light jacket if it's not too windy and warmer than 50°F outside. On the other hand, in Boston, where it can get really cold, my friends were wearing shorts when it was below freezing!
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Like the ice cream truck guy said, "60 in Oct ---no beeznis- ebreewan inside ...60 in April ..GOOD Beeznis ..ebreewan out in teeshirts."
Originally Posted By: moribundman
I wonder why so many coastal Californians run around in thermal underwear, with heavy, suited-for-arctic expeditions parkas, wool hats, scarves, and heavily insulated gloves and boots at a mild 50°F. I don't even wear a light jacket if it's not too windy and warmer than 50°F outside. On the other hand, in Boston, where it can get really cold, my friends were wearing shorts when it was below freezing!
I used to be guilty of that when I lived in San Diego. Now that I'm living in a much colder winter climate I'm less of a wimp. If I go back to San Diego, I'll become a wimp again. Ain't life grand?
I wonder why so many coastal Californians run around in thermal underwear, with heavy, suited-for-arctic expeditions parkas, wool hats, scarves, and heavily insulated gloves and boots at a mild 50°F. I don't even wear a light jacket if it's not too windy and warmer than 50°F outside. On the other hand, in Boston, where it can get really cold, my friends were wearing shorts when it was below freezing!
I used to be guilty of that when I lived in San Diego. Now that I'm living in a much colder winter climate I'm less of a wimp. If I go back to San Diego, I'll become a wimp again. Ain't life grand?
They said recently that dry air in winter dries out the nasal passages also making us more vulnerable to germs.
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They said recently that dry air in winter dries out the nasal passages also making us more vulnerable to germs.
Well, when I moved to Colorado in '97, I came down with two colds and the flu, all in the first 8 months. The air was drier, but I also was under some stress. And the office buildings, like most modern ones, were sealed up, so any microbes from my coworkers could more easily circulate.
Possibly a new germ pool as well; bugs that never made it to Louisiana, or couldn't survive there, found me a ready victim.
They said recently that dry air in winter dries out the nasal passages also making us more vulnerable to germs.
Well, when I moved to Colorado in '97, I came down with two colds and the flu, all in the first 8 months. The air was drier, but I also was under some stress. And the office buildings, like most modern ones, were sealed up, so any microbes from my coworkers could more easily circulate.
Possibly a new germ pool as well; bugs that never made it to Louisiana, or couldn't survive there, found me a ready victim.
You want to catch a bug? Take a flight on a airplane. Over a hundred people crammed into a sealed tube for a couple of hours. Last July we took a trip to Fla. After we got back, I came down with pneumonia. Doctor said he sees a lot of people getting sick after taking flights.
Don't airplanes have HEPA or is it ULPA filtration? I'll have to look up the chart on the sizes of some of these bugs to see what wouldn't get filtered.
Cruise ships are basically big floating toilets judging from how fast a fecal-oral transmitted bug can spread. Just gotta wash your hands but the results otherwise are obvious, so don't count on people to pay attention to other less basic forms of hygiene.
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